Walnut Cake

Name: Walnut Cake
Total time: 2400 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup or 250 g butter, softened; 1 cup or 200 g Regular or Castor Sugar; 1 1/2 cups or 190 g flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 1/3 cup or 80 ml l Milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 1/4 Cups or 140 g Chopped walnuts; 5 oz or 150 g Softened Butter; 2 1/2 Cups or 300 g Powdered/icing sugar; 1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract

Meghna Poddar @cook__

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Meghna Poddar @cook__

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Ingredients

30-40 mins

1 cup or 250 g butter, softened
1 cup or 200 g Regular or Castor Sugar
1 1/2 cups or 190 g flour
2 teaspoonsbaking powder
1 teaspoonsalt
4eggs, lightly beaten
1/3 cup or 80 ml l Milk
2 teaspoonsvanilla extract
1 1/4 Cups or 140 g Chopped walnuts
For frosting
5 oz or 150 g Softened Butter
2 1/2 Cups or 300 g Powdered/icing sugar
1 TeaspoonVanilla extract

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Steps

30-40 mins

1

Preheat oven to 160 C.
2

Grease and lightly flour two 8 inch or 20 cm loose-bottomed round cake tins.
3

Sift flour, salt and baking powder.
4

Chop the walnuts.
5

Lightly beat eggs and add vanilla in a bowl. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
6

Add egg mixture, a little at a time to the batter. Then add half the flour, then milk, then the rest of flour. Add the walnuts and make sure they are well combined and distributed.
7

Transfer the cake batter mixture equally into the 2 baking tins and bake 30 - 35 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.
8

Bake for about 1 hour to 1 hr 10 minutes. Again, check.
9

Allow the cakes to rest for 2 minutes then remove from pans and place upside doen on a cooling rack. Allow to completely cool before frosting.
10

Add the softened butter, vanilla and powdered sugar to a mixing bowl and start by using a wooden spoon to combine.
11

When the cakes have cooled, place the first cake on the plate, then take some frosting and spread evenly over the top. Then add the second cake on top and continue to frost all over the cake, or how you like.